Adventist

American  

[ad-ven-tist, ad-ven-] / ˈæd vɛn tɪst, ædˈvɛn- /

noun

1. Also called Second Adventist. a member of any of certain Christian denominations that maintain that the Second Advent of Christ is imminent.

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adjective

1. of or relating to Adventists.

Adventist British  

/ ˈædvɛntɪst, ˈædvən- /

noun

1. a member of any of the Christian groups, such as the Seventh-Day Adventists that hold that the Second Coming of Christ is imminent

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Other Word Forms

• Adventism
  noun

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Etymology

Origin of Adventist

First recorded in 1835–45; Advent + -ist

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Example Sentences

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Adventist

Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka is a former lay preacher in the Methodist church, while Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape is the devout son of a Seventh-day Adventist pastor.

From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026

The research, titled Egg intake and the incidence of Alzheimer's disease in the Adventist Health Study-2 cohort linked with Medicare data, was published in the Journal of Nutrition.

From Science Daily ● May 7, 2026

Another organ from County Durham was moved to a Seventh Day Adventist church in Homerton in east London.

From BBC ● Mar. 11, 2026

Horning said he grew up in a strict Seventh-day Adventist household in Northern California, forbidden from reading anything other than the Bible and approved nonfiction.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 1, 2026

My own children were at the Seventh-Day Adventist school, which was private and did not depend on government subsidies.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

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